Improvement in coal-scuttles



Macao 'UNITED S'rarns PATENT @Errea EDGAR ELTINGE, OF KINGSTON, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN COALFSCUTTLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,036, dated June 20, 1871.

clare that the followingI is a full, clear, and ex- 1 act description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side view of a coal-scrittle to which my improved shield or cover has been attached. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a modified forni of the shield or cover. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of another modified forni of the same. Y

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. c

My invention has for its object to improve the construction ot' my improved shield or cover patented by me December'1l,1866,.andnurn bered 60,349, so as to make it cheaper and more convenient in manufacture, while being equally eliective in use; and it consists in the construction and combination of the various parts of the shield and scuttle, as hereinafter more fully described.

A represents the body, B the ears, and C the bail of the scuttle, about the construction of which parts there is nothing new. D is the shield or cover, which is constructed with a curved or concaved forward end and with side flanges projecting downward and overlapping the sides of the forward part of the scuttle-body A, as shown in Fig. l, and as described in patent No. 60,349. rllhe rear end ofthe shield or cover D is extended to the rearward to or a little beyond the rear edges of the ears B, and the rear part of its side flanges is cutaway to form slots or openings d to receive. the ears B of the scuttle. An openingnray be made into each slot at its forward end through the side edges of the shield or cover, as shown in Fig. 1, the outer sides of said slots thus forming hooks,which are slipped around the ears B as the shield is slipped into place from the rear end of the scutt-le; or theopening into said slots may be formed in the rear edge of the shield, as shown in Fig. 2, allowing the ears to be slipped into the slots d as the shield is slipped into place from thefbrward end of the scuttle. These constructions require the shield to be made of metal so heavy as to give sufficient elasticity to the outer edges or hooks to enable them to spring into place-'after being slipped around the ears B.

When it is desired to make` the shield of lighter met-.i1 the outer sides of the slots d may be cut away and replaced bythe projecting ends of the wire used for stiffening the rear edge of said shield, the said wires being bent to form hooks to be slipped around the ears B of the scuttle. This construction allows the shields to be conveniently detached and the scuttle nested for transporta-tion or storage.

vHaving thus described my invention, Iclairn as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent- 1 The slots d', formed in the side flanges of the rear part of the shield D to receive the ears of the scuttle, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the. purpose set forth, whether the openings into said slots be through the side or rear edges of said shield.

2. lThe bent projecting ends of the stiii'ening-wire, to forinthe outer sides of the slots df, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. Y

EDGAR EL'lINC-E.

Witnesses:

J oHN H. SCHRIGUN, J. F. BRODHEAD. 

